Introduction
Today we will learn about famous women engineers! Have you ever heard of Emily Warren Roebling? What about Martha J. Coston? Or Lillian Gilbreth? We will use websites to learn about each of these women and their contributions to science!
Task
In this lesson, you will click on links to different websites to help you learn about our three women engineers that we are studying. Use the questions to guide your reading, and please answer the questions in complete sentences.
Happy Questing!
Process
Emily Warren Roebling
Click on this link: http://www.asce.org/templates/person-bio-detail.aspx?id=11203
1. How did Emily meet her husband Washington Roebling and his father John Roebling?
2. What tragic event caused Emily to start studying civil engineering?
3. Despite her intelligence, why might working on the Brooklyn Bridge been hard for Emily?
4. What did Emily get to do when the Brooklyn Bridge was finished?
Martha J. Coston
Click on this link: http://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/martha-j-coston
1. What did Martha invent?
2. Where did Martha find the idea for her invention?
3. How did Martha's invention affect the Civil War?
Lillian Gilbreth
Click on this link: http://ise.illinois.edu/newsroom/article/lillian-gilbreth
1. What did Lillian’s father Frank Gilbreth do for a living after graduating high school?
2. What did Lillian work with manufacturers to do after her father’s death?
3. What was shown at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair?
4. What were two very big accomplishments of Lillian?
Evaluation
After watching the video, please write a paragraph responding to these questions:
What makes it difficult for women to be engineers? Why do we need women in the engineering field? What can you do to encourage girls and women around you to pursue their dreams in the science field?
Conclusion
Thank you for completing this webquest. We hope that you have a new understanding of how women influence the engineering field!
Credits
Emily Warren Roebling. (n.d.). Retrieved March 23, 2017, from http://www.asce.org/templates/person-bio-detail.aspx?id=11203
Go girl! Engineering a bright future for today's girls. (2014, February 20). Retrieved March 23, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlUqx9KYXjQ
Lemelson-MIT Program. (n.d.). Retrieved March 23, 2017, from http://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/martha-j-coston
Services, E. I. (n.d.). Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering. Retrieved March 23, 2017, from http://ise.illinois.edu/newsroom/article/lillian-gilbreth